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Luke 3:19
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Luke 3:19
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19 (A) But to Herod the ruler, he said, “It was wrong for you to take Herodias, your brother's wife.” John also said Herod had done many other bad things.
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Luke 3:20
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Luke 3:20
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20 Finally, Herod put John in jail, and this was the worst thing he had done.
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Leviticus 18:16
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Leviticus 18:16
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16 (A) or sister-in-law.
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Leviticus 20:21
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Leviticus 20:21
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21 (A) And if you marry your sister-in-law, neither of you will ever have any children.[a]
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- 20.21 And … children: According to Deuteronomy 25.5,6 a man was supposed to marry his brother's widow if his brother had died without having children. Otherwise, such marriages were forbidden (see also Matthew 22.23-33; Mark 12.18-27; Luke 20.27-40).
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